Contacts: Wade Gates, PMA, (415) 591-4080, pmanews@bm.com
Craig Merrilees, ILWU, (415) 775-0533, ext. 113 (o), (510) 774-5325 (c)
PMA and ILWU Continue Talks on a New Labor Agreement as the Existing Contract Expires
SAN FRANCISCO (July 1, 2014) – Negotiations for a new labor contract covering nearly 20,000
dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports will continue to move forward as the existing, six-year coast-wide
labor agreement expires today at 5 p.m. PST.
While there will be no contract extension, cargo will keep moving, and normal operations will continue
at the ports until an agreement can be reached between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the
International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU).
Both sides understand the strategic importance of the ports to the local, regional and US economies,
and are mindful of the need to finalize a new coast-wide contract as soon as possible to ensure
continuing confidence in the West Coast ports and avoid any disruption to the jobs and commerce they
support.
The coast-wide labor contract is between employers who operate port terminals and shipping lines
represented by the PMA and dockworkers represented by the ILWU. The parties have negotiated a West
Coast collective bargaining agreement since the 1930s.
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Craig Merrilees, ILWU, (415) 775-0533, ext. 113 (o), (510) 774-5325 (c)
PMA and ILWU Continue Talks on a New Labor Agreement as the Existing Contract Expires
SAN FRANCISCO (July 1, 2014) – Negotiations for a new labor contract covering nearly 20,000
dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports will continue to move forward as the existing, six-year coast-wide
labor agreement expires today at 5 p.m. PST.
While there will be no contract extension, cargo will keep moving, and normal operations will continue
at the ports until an agreement can be reached between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the
International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU).
Both sides understand the strategic importance of the ports to the local, regional and US economies,
and are mindful of the need to finalize a new coast-wide contract as soon as possible to ensure
continuing confidence in the West Coast ports and avoid any disruption to the jobs and commerce they
support.
The coast-wide labor contract is between employers who operate port terminals and shipping lines
represented by the PMA and dockworkers represented by the ILWU. The parties have negotiated a West
Coast collective bargaining agreement since the 1930s.
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